Some people will wonder, “Why the devil does vertical scrolling matter? Why did Amazon follow the example of Apple and many others in adding it to ebook applications?” Well, vertical scrolling is great for people who simply want to focus on part of the page and let their fingers rather than their eyes do the work. The Kindle app for the old Fire Phone offered vertical scrolling. Meanwhile the scrolling option for iOS apps is definite progress-or maybe Back to the Future. Still, I suspect that that vertical scrolling will reach Android apps and Fires soon. And how about about devices like the Fires? What’s more, due to technical challenges of the current E Ink, I wonder if vertical scrolling will come to devices like the Paperwhite and Oasis. On top of everything else, the Kindle’s Android app lacks vertical scrolling. Ouch! Also, there is no auto scroll, which I don’t use but which some users would dearly love. What’s more, you can’t use the continuous scrolling to make it easier to select material that starts on one page and goes on to the next. Public domain fans and others undoubtedly would appreciate scrolling on all books. Not all books will allow scrolling-the feature didn’t work on two books that I’d downloaded from nonAmazon sources.

Thoughtfully, Amazon lets you turn it on and off in Aa menu within the book you’re reading. To give one example, you’ll be able to see a book at the same time you’re commenting on it in an email.Īctivate vertical scrolling simply by going to Settings for the app. Props to Amazon for heeding pleas from TeleRead and others. In another welcome move, Version 6.5 will let you resize your Kindle window in split view-so you can more easily use other apps at the same time while reading. IPad and iPhone owners using recent versions of iOS can now scroll through Kindle books, not just turn pages. Update: Vertical scrolling is now available on the Kindle app for Android.

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